Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	christian_a	church_n	great_a	1,565	5	2.6950	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04695	A contrarye (to a certayne manis) consultacion: that adulterers ought to be punyshed wyth deathe Wyth the solucions of his argumentes for the contrarye. Made by George Ioye.	Joye, George, d. 1553.	1549 (1549)	STC 14822; ESTC S120472	40,793	110

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poller_n shall_v inherit_v the_o kingedom_n of_o god_n ¶_o prynt_v at_o london_n by_o george_n joy_n nun_n xx●_n psal_n xviij_o ●_o ●xviij_fw-la psa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ●um_fw-la xxu_o ●u_n xxxiij_o gen._n xxxu●●_n go_v twelve_o go_v twenty_o go_v xxxi●_n job_n xxxi_o levi_n twenty_o deute_n xx_o the_o leprians_n law_n zaleucus_n german_n opilius_n his_o law_n lex_fw-la julia._n proverb_n vi_o ●xodi_fw-la xxxij_o ●nd_v two_o ●um_fw-la xxu_o 〈◊〉_d timon_n i_o 〈◊〉_d i._o timon_n i_o i._o petri_n ii_o ●●_o deuter_n u●●●_n xi_o leviti_fw-la v_o ij_o 〈◊〉_d ix_o fayth_n a●d_a love_n contain_v in_o the_o iudicialle_n can_v not_o be_v abrogate_a mat_n twenty_o ●nd_n twenty-five_o the_o place_n ij_o collo_fw-la he_o understand_v ●ot_n roma_fw-it xiij_o r●man_n xii●_n luce_n xii●_n deute_n x●●_n ●temer_n ●zechiel_fw-fr three_o deuter_n four_o deu_fw-la vi_o &_o xi_o ●_o ●ala_fw-la three_o deu_fw-la xix_o the_o opinion_n of_o a_o certain_a sect_n now_o sprongen_fw-mi up_o ●_o corin_z three_o ●olossen_n 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